ANALYSIS OF A MULTIPLE GENERATION FLUID ESCAPE STRUCTURE: GREEN RIVER FORMATION, UTAH

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Todd D. Gibbs and Dr. Thomas H. Morris, Geology In order to find natural resources, whether it be precious metals or fossil fuels, one must understand the geological history. Further, one must be familiar with how different environments will affect where the resource is found. When dealing with fossil fuels, it is vital that the […]

HIGH-ORDER BASIS FUNCTIONS ON WIRES

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Renee E. George and Dr. R. Steven Turley, Physics and Astronomy There are many applications of physics where it is necessary to solve Maxwell’s Equations for a wave interacting with or scattering from various objects. This problem is usually impossible to solve analytically, but several cases have been solved using numerical methods. Unfortunately some cases […]

STRANGER IN A FOREIGN LAND: AN ANALYSIS OF JOSE DE ACOSTA’S SCIENTIFIC REALIZATIONS IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PERU

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Thayne R. Ford and Professor Lee Butler, History Jose de Acosta’s Historia Natural y Moral de Las Indias 1 is both a reflection of and a response to the scientific turmoil that the New World had caused in Renaissance Europe. While Italy and France were overtaken by the Scientific Revolution, Spain was left stewing in its […]

THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL METHOD COURSES ON STUDENT TEACHING

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Gwyn C. Franson and Dr. Blaine Moore, Elementary Education Fall semester 1994, Brigham Young University Department of Elementary Education began its first Cohort program for the training of elementary school teachers. This program focuses on integrating traditional methods classes into a two semester field-based pre-service experience. It provides for the placement of university professors on […]

MOBILITY PATTERNS AS SEEN THROUGH LITHIC TECHNOLOGIES

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Aaron Fergusson and Dr. Joel C. Janetski, Anthropology During BYU’s 1995 field school many artifacts were brought back to BYU for analysis, including the important data set of toolstone artifacts and debris. At Fish Lake the sites excavated date from the Archaic (F7 area), Fremont (Mickeys Place), and Late Prehistoric (F14 area) time periods, each […]

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Nathan Feliz and Dr. Warner Woodworth, Business Management The focus of my research was to observe the process of economic development at the grassroots level in Southern Africa. In Capetown, South Africa I found an organization that was working closely with marginalized youth in the townships and squatters camps. The Center For Opportunity Development (COD) […]

PATERE LEGEM, QUAM IPSE TALISTI: NIETZSCHE AND THE END OF CHRISTIANITY

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Matthew Faulconer and Professor Van Tongeren and Dr. Travis Anderson, Philosophy In On the Genealogy of Morals Nietzsche says that every lawgiver eventually receives the call “patere legem, quam ipse tulistr” which means, “submit to the law you yourself proposed.” Nietzsche believes this call is being made to Christianity and that because of this, Christianity’s moral […]

THE CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCY OF FORMAMIDINIUM-INDUCED NOISE IN GRAMICIDIN A CHANNELS: VOLTAGE AND CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE

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Teresa Griffin Fairbanks and Professor David D. Busath, Physics and Astronomy Gramicidin A is a protein that forms cation selective ion channels in lipid bilayers (model cell membranes.) Although it is not found in natural systems, Gramicidin A is a good ion channel to study because its structure is known. It is generally thought that the passage […]

DYNAMIC SYMMETRY AND THE VISUAL ARTS

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Peter H. Everett and Professor Bruce H. Smith, Visual Arts Dynamic Symmetry is the name given by some to the underlying principles of design found in the human body and in the growth patterns of many plants and shells. From the research of Professor A.H, Church of Oxford, Rev. H. Moseley, D’arcy W. Thompson, and others […]